There is no conflict whatsoever between being clear and precise in logic and being clear and precise in ordinary language.

It does require some work to learn any new language, natural or artificial.  But the requirements are the same:  make the point as clear as possible with a minimum  of distracting detail.

> 2013年1月3日 matthew lange <mclange@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>> John: "Teaching ontology by burying the fundamental insights under the
>> trivial notation is pedagogical malpractice."
>> or
>> Leo: "The point of using mathematical (or logical) notation is to make
>> your statement precise and unambiguous."
>>
>> Cannot these perspectives be harmonized?

They most definitely can.  In a previous note, I quoted Paul Halmos as a mathematician  who could explain his ideas clearly and precisely in English and in mathematical notation.

John

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